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1. Download and install the most recent stable version of Tomcat 5.5. You can find it here:
   http://tomcat.apache.org/download-55.cgi
2. Download the most recent official release of Derby from here: http://db.apache.org/derby/index.html.
   The only file you'll need from this download is derby.jar
3. Stop Tomcat
4. Copy derby.jar (from the derby distribution) to Tomcat_Home/common/lib
5. Add the sample war file to Tomcat_Home/webapps
   a.sample-companyweb-xxx.war (e.g. "sample-companyweb-1.0-incubator-M2.war")
6. Install the canned Derby database to Tomcat:
   a.First, create a new directory named "Databases" to hold the sample database.Create
   Tomcat_Home / Databases
   b.Copy the dastest folder (and all its contents) from (_build directory root OR where samples
   were unzipped_/java/das/samples/companyweb) to Tomcat_Home/Databases .(NOTE: If you are running
   this from a sample distribution, the canned database is available in the

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1. distribution, inside
   the databases directory. )

1. Define a DataSource by adding a datasource definition to Tomcat_Home/conf/server.xml.
   a.Find the end-of-section marker </GlobalNamingResources> and add the following lines just above
   it: (Requirement: You must include the absolute path to the "Databases" directory in the above url
   attribute. Fore example: url="jdbc:derby:c:\apache-tomcat-5.5.17\Databases/dastest"/>)

        <!-- Global Datasource for Derby dastest database -->
         <Resource name="jdbc/dastest"
              type="javax.sql.DataSource"  auth="Container"
              description="Derby database for DAS Company sample"
              maxActive="100" maxIdle="30" maxWait="10000"
              username="" password="" 
              driverClassName="org.apache.derby.jdbc.EmbeddedDriver"
              url="jdbc:derby:{absolute path}Databases/dastest"/>

Requirement: You must include the absolute path to the "Databases" directory in the above url
attribute. Fore example:

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1. Start tomcat and point your browser to: http://localhost:8080/sample-companyweb- version tag/
   example: http://localhost:8080/sample-companyweb-1.0-incubator-M2/

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